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Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty

Child Support Services – Kansas, Ohio

  • Administration defends child support privatization, By Andy Marso, August 20, 2013, Topeka Capital-Journal: “A spokeswoman for the Kansas Department for Children and Families struck back at critics of the agency’s drive to privatize child support services Tuesday, saying the bidding process was completely on the up-and-up and state workers weren’t ‘set up to fail’ to pave the way for privatization…”
  • Counties’ efforts to collect child support find mixed results, By Laura Arenschield, August 18, 2013, Columbus Dispatch: “Almost a year into a statewide push to collect more child support from parents who owe it, Delaware County is leading central Ohio, recouping about 15 percent more than the state average. Other central Ohio counties, including Franklin, have not been as successful…”